AMPS in the UK

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Your Name Here - 02 Dec 2006 13:08 GMT

Hello,

Does anybody know if/how the AMPS/ETACS network is used today?

Thanks

R. Mark Clayton - 02 Dec 2006 13:18 GMT

> Hello,
>
> Does anybody know if/how the AMPS/ETACS network is used today?
>
> Thanks

AMPS never used in the UK AFAIK.

TACS used from 1985, ETACS from ~1990 to ~2000 (O2) or ~2001 (Voda).

Jon - 02 Dec 2006 18:27 GMT

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> Hello,
>
> Does anybody know if/how the AMPS/ETACS network is used today?

No. They were switched off ages ago.

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Regards
Jon

Steve Terry - 02 Dec 2006 19:14 GMT

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> Regards
> Jon

and some of the frequency reused for E-GSM,
of which just about all GSM phones from 1999ish onwards have

Steve Terry